We invite scholars, artists, and practitioners to join Intersectional Futurisms: Navigating Margins, Disrupting Norms, a two-day transdisciplinary artsci (artistic-scientific) seminar that will critically engage with the intersections of marginalization, (digitally mediated) social interactions, anti-colonial praxis, and futurism. Grounded in intersectional futurisms—including Afrofuturism, queer futurism, Indigenous futurism, crip futurism, and eco-futurism—the seminar centers voices and practices that resist oppression, reclaim agency and envision radically restorative, expansive, and just futures.
We welcome contributions in various formats (talks, performances, multimedia projects, etc.) that:
Investigate oppression, resilience, creativity, and agency in (digital) and embodied practices of marginalized communities.
Theorize anti-colonial, anti-oppressive, and futurist frameworks, challenging systemic inequities while imagining liberatory possibilities.
Envision strategies to dismantle and reconfigure normative white Eurocentric frameworks for knowledge production and dissemination.
Postdoctoral Researcher - Tampere University
Affiliate Researcher - University of Oulu
Kone Foundation Grantee
Call for contributions: Mid-February
Deadline for submissions: June 10th, 2025
Notification of decision: June 25th, 2025
Registration (FREE OF CHARGE): August 4th - October 1st, 2025
Publication of the program: September 1st 2025
Seminar: November 05-06th, 2025
University of Helsinki, Finland
Located in the heart of Helsinki, the Siltavuorenpenger facilities of the University of Helsinki are easy to find.
The Central Railway Station and the tramway stop are just a short walk away.